In this blog we can see how can we grant Read Only Access on AWS cloud using AWS console. Their are multiple roles and policies we can attach with users and groups in AWS, Read Only Access is one of them. Using Read Only Access we can monitor and observe what kind of services and resources are running on existing AWS infrastructure but we cannot make any changes and modification into existing AWS account.
Steps for Read only Access
Step:1 Login to your AWS console with you credentials.
Step:2 Search for IAM in console’s search bar.
Step:3 Navigate to Users on sidebar and click on User, then click on Create User.
Step:4
- Provide User name. example-ttc
- Check the checkbox for -Provide user access to the AWS Management Console.
- Click on I want to create an IAM user option.
- click on Autogenerated password.
- Check the checkbox Users must create a new password at next sign-in
- Click on Next
Step:5 Click on Attach policy option.
Step:6 In Permission policies, check the checkboxes for – ReadOnlyAccess
Note: If you want to see billing for the AWS account you can also add two more addititonal services – Billing and AWSBillingReadOnlyAccess.
Step:7 Click on Next on Review and create page, and click on Create User. In permission summary you can check what kind of permission you assign to the particular user-‘ttc’.
Step:8 Post create user, you can share – Console sign-in URL, User-name, Console passward or Download .csv file and share with the person who want the Read Only Access.
Step:9 Go back to the Users and search for your user. In our case ‘ttc’ user is successfully created, you can also click on ‘ttc’ and check the assigned permissions.
So, with the help of the above steps you can easily grant Read Only Access permission and if you want additional permission refer step:6 and search with the permission name you want. Follow the below link if you want to Access AWS WAR tool .
Conclusion
With the help of Read Only Access we can observe the services and resources are currently running on existing AWS infrastructure but we cannot make any changes and modification into the services and existing AWS account. The above simple steps help you to grant Read Only Access using AWS console.